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| Record Name(s) | McEwan Option - 1909, TB 578, 579 - 1909, AL 767, 768 - 1909, Sylvia - 1909 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Squash Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 2' 7.23" Longitude: -90° 37' 11.82"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 670437.7 Northing: 5545273.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52J02SE
Point Location Description: Drill holes on a vein
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Light aircraft may land on Magee Lake under favourable conditions with a light load. By far the best way to reach the Magee Lake area is by the Beckington Lake access road which joins Hwy. 599 2.5 km south of the village of Savant Lake. This forestry access road terminates to the east of Magee Lake where a network of forestry trails allow access to the area around Magee and Pup lakes.
1909: An article in the Daily Times Journal (Thunder Bay) dated March 20, 1909 stated that A.L. McEwan had optioned claims TB578 and TB579 and the Sylvia from a group of prospectors for $20,000. The group consisted of C. Covering, D. Covering, E. Mathe, F. Monah and J. Talbot. The article stated that a 16 foot shaft had been sunk on each vein. 1987: A. Benderite carried out stripping. 1991: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. worked on Mr. A. Best's Magee Lake option. During the spring of 1991 Noranda drilled 4 short holes, two of which appear to be located on the McEwan option. 1996: A. Best carried out stripping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| OP91-585 | 52J02NE0002 | 52J02NE0002 |
| 2.16856 | 52J02SE0009 | 52J02SE0009 |
| 52J02SE-0107 | 20000000804 | 20000000804 |
| 52J02SE-0084-D1 | 52J02SE9264 | 52J02SE9264 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - The area centred on Magee Lake is underlain by a 500 to 800 m wide band of felsic metavolcanics which trend roughly east. To the north and south the felsic unit is in contact withmafic metavolanics. Mafic units are interlayered in the felsic metavolcanics and there are possibly intrusive metagabbro bodies. Shear zones and quartz veins trend from 025 degrees to 050 degrees with steep dips.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Silicified | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Host | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Near | ||
| Gabbro | 5 | Gabbro | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Apr 15, 2020 (R Tuomi) - 1910: Surface grab samples from claim TB 579 assayed up to 0.58 ounces gold per ton. 1910: Surface (shaft) samples on TB 578 assayed up to 5.8 ounces gold per ton and 40 ounces silver per ton. 1991: The drill holes and surface sampling done by Noranda returned gold assays from 3.7 to 10.6 g gold per tonne but values of 29.8, 46.9 and 59.3 g gold per ton were recorded in the surface and trench sampling program.(Sioux Lookout Assessment File 52J02SE - 0107).
Book - CLIPPINGS 1909-10
Publication Number: clippings Date: 1909
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